Guide to the National Environmental Policy Act: Interpretations, Applications, and Compliance

by Valerie M. Fogleman

Book Overview

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), enacted in 1970, requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental effects of all proposed major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Because the law is so broadly written and has wide application, it is impossible to understand how to comply with NEPA merely by reading the statute. In addition to the statute, NEPA'S implementing regulations written by the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899304869
• ISBN13: 9780899304861
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"